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Burgess Owens: I just wanted to ask the honorable majority leader if he could explain the fact that the State of Texas actually…

On the recordNovember 4, 1997
I just wanted to ask the honorable majority leader if he could explain the fact that the State of Texas actually introduced vouchers in the legislature. They actually had a floor vote in Texas and it failed in the State legislature; it was not passed in the State legislature of Texas.
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Burgess Owens
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the failure of voucher legislation in the Texas State legislature.

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